Word: huyssen
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...past weekend, tells the story of Eugene Morris Jerome (David Parker '03) during a rather eventful week of his youth in 1937. Surrounded by his family, Eugene steps outside of the action to offer a running narrative commentary on his thoughts and opinions. An average Brooklyn family, Jack (David Huyssen '02), Kate (Dana Scardigli '00) and their two children, Stanley (Eric Chesin '02) and Eugene, struggle to confront the economic and logistical hardships associated with taking in three more people: Kate's widowed sister Blanche (Debbie Rin '01) and her two children, Broadway-bound Nora (Sandra Seru '01) and sickly...
Other notable performances include David Huyssen's haggard, care-laden Jack. Supporting a family of seven on his small salary, he must also assume the role of father figure for Blanche's girls and keep his own sons aware of the necessary moderation between practicality and principles. Huyssen, more so than the other cast members, creates a palpable sense of his age through body language and speech pattern. David Parker's Eugene, who seems to float through the action going on around him, doesn't really begin to develop as a character until halfway through the first act, when...